Suri Sustainable Electric Toothbrush Review

Value When Reviewed

$92

Greatest Costs At present: Suri sustainable electrical toothbrush

In a mission to create “sustainable rituals” (therefore the product title), Suri has rethought the toothbrush to create a product to assist customers dwell in a extra environmentally pleasant approach, with out compromising on high quality, efficiency, or design.

The comb contains a recyclable, plant-based toothbrush head with medium-soft bristles that sits atop a longer-lasting, repairable aluminium deal with. It delivers 33,000 vibrations a minute – fewer than Philips Sonicare brushes however sufficient to be efficient. Your entire toothbrush is totally waterproof with an IPX7 score, and it has a mighty 40-day battery life, with a four-hour quick cost.

If that’s not sufficient, Suri will recycle the comb heads totally free. Merely return the used heads within the pay as you go mailer.

And for an extra $24/ £20, you should purchase the toothbrush with a journey case that not solely expenses the comb whereas it’s inside however kills 99.9% of micro organism on the comb head utilizing a UV-C LED. 

Design and look

• One-button operation
• Two brushing modes: on a regular basis clear and polish
• No stress sensor

Castor oil and corn starch: that’s what Suri has used to make the bristles and the toothbrush head for its Sustainable Sonic Toothbrush. They usually’re surprisingly efficient as supplies. 

Slim and straightforward to carry, the toothbrush is 22cm lengthy from the highest of the comb to the underside of the bottom, and the oval shaft is 2cm large by 1.5cm deep. The comb head itself is 2.3cm lengthy and 1cm large with the bristles lower right into a 3D wave form.

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It is available in three color choices: midnight black, sea mist (whiteish) and winter fern (pale inexperienced). We examined the midnight black and located it to be very black, and possibly a bit of incongruous towards the stone-effect magnetic mount.   

It has a easy, one-button operation. Press the button on the entrance of the toothbrush to activate on a regular basis clear (the toothbrush gentle shall be white), push it once more for its polish mode (the sunshine will flip blue) and once you’ve completed, press the button once more to cease the toothbrush.

There’s additionally a battery indicator gentle on the comb. It flashes when it’s in want of a cost, and when charging it blinks blue. As soon as it’s charged, it glows white.  

However there are not any fancy modes right here. You may’t change the depth of the vibrations, or programme a particular time restrict per quadrant of your tooth, and, after all, there’s no app. So if you would like a 3D mannequin of your mouth in your good telephone to examine you might be giving your higher left molars as a lot consideration as the underside ones, this isn’t the toothbrush for you.

However the simplicity itself makes it a very simple toothbrush to make use of, and doubtless saves plenty of energy. You simply choose it up and brush. That makes it a remarkably stress-free approach to clear your tooth – nothing beeps at you.

Nevertheless, its pared-back design means it’s missing a stress sensor, so it is probably not the comb for you should you are likely to press too exhausting.

Within the field, you’ll discover the Suri toothbrush, a individually packaged brush head, a slimline USB charging stand with integral USB cable and a magnetic wall mount.

The magnetic mount is a light-weight gray, stone-effect, bevelled rectangular 6cm lengthy by 3cm large and carries a sticky pad on the again that you should utilize to repair it to glass, plaster or tile.

When you’ve caught the magnetic mount to a wall or tile in your toilet, you simply pop the comb up there till the subsequent time, which is a useful approach to preserve muddle off your sink.

The charging stand is roughly the identical form and measurement, and the white integral USB cable is 100cm lengthy, which provides you a lot of leeway by way of charging factors and surfaces.

Efficiency

• Quiet
• 40-day battery life
• Good cleansing efficiency

We discovered the Suri gave a persistently good and deep tooth clear. Suri suggests the sound stage is about 54dB, however this appeared on the excessive facet to us – it’s definitely not a loud brush.

It was notable how a lot the bristles of the comb head (made out of castor oil) saved agency in the course of the testing interval once we may need anticipated them to wilt a bit of. We discovered this spectacular and might recommend that Suri’s bristles outperform different, extra standard, bristle supplies.  

Our testers used the toothbrush for 2 months, twice a day every day, and charged the toothbrush as soon as in that point, so we’re assured that Suri’s claims of a 40-day battery life are correct. 

Value and availability

The Suri brush is out there direct from the makers within the US and the UK, and in addition from Amazon UK. When you simply purchase the toothbrush, it’s $92/ $74, which we expect is terrific worth for a sonic toothbrush with eco-credentials.

When you can spend an extra $24/ £20, you’ll additionally obtain a UV-C LED self-cleaning journey case and a separate white USB cable. There’s no energy adapter offered however you should utilize any telephone or pill’s 5V USB 2.0 charger.

The UV-C case expenses the toothbrush and cleans the brushing head. At 24 cm lengthy, it’s a rectangle 3.2cm large and 4.4cm excessive, and hinged on one facet. The underside is a stone-effect color and the highest is white with a button to 1 facet. This button begins the cleansing course of, which lasts for a minute. The case will cost the comb on the identical time.

Alternative heads are available packs of three and price $17.50/ £14.40, which is comparatively dear however comprehensible, on condition that they’re not plastic. Suri additionally makes a wash bag, a shave level charger and spare magnetic mounts as equipment, do you have to want them.

As one other eco-bonus, Suri companions with Local weather Accomplice to offset 100% of all of the manufacturing and transportation emissions of the toothbrushes’ manufacturing.  

Verdict

We actually favored the Suri. It’s easy. You don’t must obtain an app. You simply cost it and brush – and with its phenomenal battery life, you received’t must preserve it in its charger or take the charger with you once you journey. And it’s an ideal value for a sonic toothbrush that makes use of far much less plastic than regular and has recyclable heads.

All in all, it’s an ideal electrical toothbrush.

When you’d wish to see which different electrical toothbrushes we’d suggest, take a look at our round-ups of the very best electrical toothbrushes and the very best low-cost electrical toothbrushes we’ve examined.